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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Français 101

Yesterday was a tough one so I'm making up for it with some FRENCH silliness and it's not wine, art or macarons silliness. I used to think FRENCH POP stunk! Yup, I only listened to www.radioitalia.it But then I fell out of love with Tuscany and back in love with Paris. YAYIn my little studio on rue Vavin I was expecting a TV, a computer...Hey, communication with the outside world, but there was zip. Désespérément, I ran to the nearest FNAC and bought a "combo" for 39 euros et voilà!The HOTTEST song my combo played over and over was JEUNE DEMOISELLE by DIAM'S, a jeune rappeuse (a young femme rap singer). Watch the video here. Just cliquéz the button, regarder la video. Here are some of the paroles (words). Google's translation leaves alot to be desired...

Thus if has you the babe criterion leaves me your e-mail So where are the so-called FRENCHleçons in all this nonsense? I believe in sleep learning / awake learning. The same goes when learning FRENCH. If you have FRENCH blasting day and night something will sink in - the process of osmosis. Oui, and the fastest, cheapest way to get to Paris is via NRJ, pronounced énergie, on your computer. It's the #1 POP station in France.

It's hard to paint without music blasting music? Everyone is blasting music anyway...Thank you i-pod. So it might as well be FRENCH music, pourquoi pas? On your AirFrance flight over you can hear NRJ top hits too.

cliquéz on NRJ. Then hit NRJ on the list. A big ridiculously, futuristic window will pop up. What's great is you get the song titles and album covers, so you can run out and buy your favorites. Plus there's a WEB CAM button - you can look into NRJ's studio!

I love it that NJR plays multi-culti music - Spanish / Italian / American / English / French / Brazilian / Rap, everything you can't hear on any one US station. And NRJ makes the transition to Paris so easy. You get there, turn on the radio et voilà! You'll feel chez toi, tout suite if you've been listening back home...

For some realFRENCH silliness. Watch any Jacques Tati DVD -> MON ONCLE or PLAYTIME from the greatest comic of French cinema. Tati made fun of the French love for le gadget and would have had a good laugh at NRJbien sur.Now I'm listening to SHY'M - FEMME DE COULEUR and MISTIK FEAT. And don't ask me where they come up with these silly names SHY'M, MYSTIK FEAT, DIAM'S!? Tomorrow I'll get back to wine. I have a Riesling tasting this afternoon...à toute à l'heure

19 comments:

My favorite french music right now:Anais - the Cheap ShowLes Grands Corps Malades

And you have to go to her website and watch the Wes Anderson-like video of Mareva - Ukeyeye! She is this generations pretty, sings ok and dating an older, famous, french gentleman. This is a particularly French thing. But "Pourquoi Non Moi" is an awesome song.

Oooooo Lady K, PLEASE do blog about it! French pop is a well kept secret outside of France IMOAnd you can pick up bits of language along the way surprisingly..I'll look up that singer..sounds familiar..can't wait MERCI!

Y'know I think it was Maitresse's blog that introduced me to Ukeyeye! Bad not to give credit. But I was hearing it and seeing it all over the place. The same with Anais. The giant metro posters! Very effective advertising!

Great post! I've just moved to Geneva and need to learn French very quickly, I hadn't thought of listening to music to help me. A trip to the Caribbean many years ago lead to my discovery of the fantastic music of the French speaking world. I don't know why it's such a secret, music trancends the language barrier.

I totally agree with the osmosis learning. French TV learned me lots and lots of French.

I rarely listen to the radio (unless I'm in the car) and my house is so chaotic that I prefer quiet when painting, but I do love me some French pop too. Anais, CGainsbourg. However, my latest fetish is Sandi Thom (punk rockers and flowers)...

And finally, PB, I'm sorry that Blogger Beta blocked you from commenting on my site. I've found that getting around this so I can post on your site, is clicking "Other" and then filling in the blanks. Maybe this will work for you?... I hope this is a hiccup that will be addressed soon by Blogger. Gar. Would have liked to know what you were going to post before finding out you were blocked... :)

Hi Jennc AND A BIG THANKS for the correct translation though you can figure out what the silly song is about by watching the video..I did.I kind of like Google's idiotic translations - finally there's something Google does that isn't perfect. BTW Google is my middle name :)Hmmm...I could add yr text to the post..

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